Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Making simulation relevant in business: achieving higher levels of CMMI maturity using simulation
Proceedings of the 34th conference on Winter simulation: exploring new frontiers
Emergency departments II: simulating Six Sigma improvement ideas for a hospital emergency department
Proceedings of the 35th conference on Winter simulation: driving innovation
Fixing the emergency department: a transformational journey with EDSIM
WSC '04 Proceedings of the 36th conference on Winter simulation
Using RFID technologies to capture simulation data in a hospital emergency department
Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation
Merging six emergency departments into one: a simulation approach
Proceedings of the 39th conference on Winter simulation: 40 years! The best is yet to come
Discrete event simulation: optimizing patient flow and redesign in a replacement facility
Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Winter Simulation
Allocating outpatient clinic services using simulation and linear programming
Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Winter Simulation
Improving simulation results with static models
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
Design of centralized ambulance diversion policies using simulation-optimization
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
Bi-criteria analysis of ambulance diversion policies
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
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The sudden or prolonged increase in patient arrivals to hospital Emergency Departments can cause overcrowding which adversely affects patient care. Healthcare leadership must anticipate and prepare for patient surge before it hap-pens. They need to understand how much overcrowding will occur with each incremental increase in patient volume. This paper describes how simulation was used to determine the impact of various patient surge levels on three regional Emergency Departments. This paper also describes the impact of potential action items which the hospitals can take to mitigate their overcrowding.